On the Agenda – Week 02, 2013
Take 1 – Majority World
@allafrica: Future of Nigeria Education Lies With Private Varsities
@SCMP_News: Academics want the Chinese Think Tank ‘Central Policy Unit’ to back away
@ICTScoop: Education in Brazil: Can the Public Sector Keep Up with the Emerging Middle Class?
Take 2 – Digital Education and Open Access
@Slate: Would You Pay $100 for a Free Online College Course?
@uniworldnews: In Australia the major research council opts for open access policy
@conversationedu: Universities eek copyright law reform to enable MOOCs
Take 3 – R&D
@PLOSONE: Variation in Foot Strike Patterns during Running among Habitually Barefoot Populations
@LiveScience: Bilinguals Have Faster, More Adaptive Brains When They Get Older, Study Finds
@Brainpicker: London tube map celebrates 150th birthday and found his way into science
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Africa’s Open Access platform
@ScienceGuideEU: Fees enter Finish Higher Education heaven
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